Lot 69
Wyant, Alexander Helwig. Autograph Letter Signed "A H Wyant," 1p, 8"x5", New York, n.y. April 24. Very good; contemporary smears. To Miss Margaret McCoy in West Virginia, advising her on painting. In part: "Select a scene in nature that has three or four elements, and get their values. The sky, a bit of distance, a field, with a strong tree or a figure--that's four. You can vary it in light & shade…you will see a hay-stack…relieved against a purple dark mountain, with a touch of silver in the sky, with a touch of green in the foreground. Get their values in color & light & dark…." With transmittal envelope.
400-600.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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